Supreme Court Rules Federal Courts Hear Texas and Pacific Suit
The U S Supreme Court holds federal courts have jurisdiction when a Texas citizen joins a railroad company as a co defendant in a suit for damages. The decision states the railroad, created by Congress, and its Texas employees fall under federal jurisdiction. Justice Peckham delivered the opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Mary Dunn
Texas
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Congress
Dunn
Federal
Peckham
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Citizens of Texas
Prohibition Fight Over Futures Gambling In Congress
Representative Henry of Texas pushes a bill in the house agriculture committee to outlaw gambling in futures. The measure bars interstate message transmission and mail use for cotton and grain futures trading, calling speculators vicious gamblers. Lawmakers including Macon and Ladson press for action as Sumners of Dallas plans a draft bill. Visiting southern farmers’ union presidents met the president Thursday night.
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Washington
Henry
Texas
House Committee On Agriculture
Monte Carlo
C. T Ladson
Atlanta
Farmers’ Union
Macon
Arkansas
House
Ladson
H. W. Sumners
Dallas
Tex
Texas Farmers’ Union
Time to File Briefs and Reply in Gas Case
Federal Judge Campbell set deadlines after two days of arguments in the United States circuit court. The state must file briefs within thirty days while the Kansas Natural Gas Company may reply within fifteen days regarding whether gas may be piped out of Oklahoma.
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Muskogee
Okla
aKnsas Natural Gas Company
State of
Oklahoma
Campbell
United States Circuit Court
Austin House Chooses Senate Visit Over Dallas Trip
In Austin on Feb 25 the House voted 75 to 20 to rescind plans to visit Dallas and will go Friday night to the same time as the Senators. Mayor Hay of Dallas invited members as guests, despite pending legislation, while Speaker Kennedy faced scrutiny over a committee on his staff hires. The day also included memorial plans for Rep. Charles A. Allen and approval of bills on locomotives and rail contracts, with many measures advancing or being debated.
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Austin
House
Dallas
Hay
Kennedy
Moberly
Jennings
Reedy
Moller
Davis
Hill
Briscoe
Bowman
Charles A. Allen
Shimek
Colorado County
Jackson
Schofield
Crisp
von Rosenberg
Senate
Masterson
Galveston
Ward
Robertson
Travis
Schluter
City of Austin
Gaines, Jenkins and
Canales
McLain
Meeks
Hamilton
McCulloch
House of Labor and Statistics
Patterson's Presence Ignites Crowded Tennessee Trial
Nashville crowds pressed toward the jail before dawn as rumors swirled that Governor Patterson would testify for Cooper and Sharp defendants. Testimony focused on disputes between Cooper Carmack and Patterson, with cross examinations on past editorial attacks and alleged political manipulation. The court adjourned for a two o'clock session amid continued debate over charges and witness credibility.
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Nashville
Cooper-Sharp
Pellmell
Patterson
Cooper
Hart
Lancet
Cox
Carmack
Tennessean
Bolter
News-Scimitar
Democratic Committee
Bryan
Witnes
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Kentucky
Second Pipe Line Planned From Red River Toward Sherman
A Texas oil pipe line company plans to build a second line extending from Red River west of the current route through Grayson county. It will pass through Denison and Sherman, joining near the Frisco rail yard, with official filings pending but described as highly reliable. The line is said to stretch toward the Gulf.
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Sherman, Tex
Texas Company
Texas
Grayson County
Red River
Denison
Sherman
Frisco
Gulf
Death of Captain James Dunn Aboard Lord Dufferin in Galveston
Captain James Dunn aged sixty six died of apoplexy aboard the steamship Lord Dufferin in Galveston. He had spent nearly fifty years at sea and was a veteran mariner.
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Galveston
James Dunn
Lord Dufferin
Fatal Burns From Child Fell Into Fire
Abilene Texas February 25 the fourteen months old daughter of Walter Gibson died from burns after falling into a fire in a home incident.
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Abilene, Tex
Walter Gibson
Man In the Back Room Trick Foils Two Railroad Men
In Pittsburg on February 25 a grim hoax lured two railroad agents into an undertaker’s shop by promising tickets to San Francisco. The clerk sent them to a back room where a Chinese corpse lay on display as bait. Both men fled uneasy, realizing the ruse after the chilling encounter.
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Pittsburg
Charlie Hamilton
Wabash Lines
San Francisco
L. H. McCormick
Frisco
Rock Island Lines
Cardinal Hervas of Toledo Dies in Spain
Cardinal Hervas archbishop of Toledo died in Toledo Spain on Thursday February 25. He was born in 1833 and elevated to cardinal in 1894.
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Toledo
Spain
Hervas, Archibishop
Tenn. murder suspect sought by Tennessee sheriff
Abilene Texas reports say Sheriff Brashfield of Dresden Tennessee is pursuing S B Fuller for the ten year old murder of Ike Butler. Fuller escaped during a Tennessee supreme court case and recently arrived from Arkansas claiming self defense.
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Abilene
Tex
Brashfield
Dresden
Tenn
S. B. Fuller
Ike Butler
Fuller
Tennessee Supreme Court
Arkansas
Butler
Costello Charged With Attempted Murder in Okla Shootout
In Chickasha Oklahoma on February 25 Frank Costello a grandson of Maximilian of Mexico was placed under 500 bond after firing at Robert Diaz during a heated altercation authorities say Costello fired at Diaz with intent to murder.
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Chickasha
Okla
Frank Costello
Maximillian of
Mexico
Robert Diaz
Costello
Exhibition of heroine gowns to lure crowds
The manager notes sixteen years pass between acts two and three and proposes displaying the heroine’s gowns in the lobby to attract female attendees, a plan the author questions but the idea seems aimed at drawing crowds.
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Louisvile Courier-Journal
Unable to Agree on Penal Code Amendments
Washington readers report the conferrees on the penal code bill met on Wednesday and could not agree on three amendments intended to regulate interstate liquor shipments.
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Washington
Woman Ends Life By Drinking Poison Near Quanah
Ten miles north of Quanah Texas on February 25 Mrs. Nancy Caney ended her life by consuming carbolic acid. She was found deceased and the act noted in local dispatches.
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Quanah, Tex
Here
Nancy Caney
Origin of mendicant term traced to Chaucer era
The piece notes that mendicant once meant a poor wretch beyond mend and cites Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. It suggests the Sompnoure character, a summoner of low estate, helped popularize the word's later everyday use.
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Chaucer
Sompnoure
Chaucergas
Back View Keeps Auntie Liz In Hilarity
In a humorous cartoonish vignette from the Ladies' Home Journal, Auntie Liz struggles to pose for a portrait. Her nephew, newly opening a photographic studio, asks for a natural yet pleasant expression but finds the paradox amusing.
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Liz
Ladies’ Home Journal
Butcher quotes 20 cents a pound for liver sale
In a brief Louisville Courier-Journal snippet a butcher states the price at 20 cents per pound and remarks about taking liver, revealing a local market detail.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Thirteenth Century Food and Drink Tastes
The Lonion Chronicle notes that gourmets in King John’s era feasted on owl of Africa gadwi of Ionia and birds like herons cranes crows storks cormorants and bitterns. Mead was common though weak and often spiced or sweetened. metheglin held a heavy honey concentration making it far stronger than ale.
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Africa
Ionia
Fitzstephen
John
Holinshed
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Iouse
Kate Chambers
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McLennan
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Gulf of Mexico
Chty National
G. S. Parner
FE. H. Astin
Pres
J. N. Cole
A. W. Wilkerson
E. W. Crenshaw
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J. A. Parker
J. W. English
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